HELP - Many MTL turnouts needed for July NTS !!!

We need to borrow many, many MTL turnouts for the upcoming National Train Show in July. Last year, Sanda Kan shut down manufacturing for many model train

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, May 11, 2011

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We need to borrow many, many MTL turnouts for the upcoming National Train Show in July.

Last year, Sanda Kan shut down manufacturing for many model train companies, including some of MTL so they have been out of stock for mega months. At NTS in Sacramento this July, we had hoped to make a long multi-track yard to stage long trains that we could switch out plus also show off the vast majority of Z freight, passsenger and locos, epecially the weathered ones.

Let me know if you have a pair or more that we could borrow. Manual or electric versions. They will not be glued or screwed down so rest assured they will be returned as good as new. Any damaged ones will certainly be replaced. All will be marked on the bottom side to assure their return to the proud parents.

It would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff 'Module Man' Merrill
SF Bay Area Z

de Champeaux Dominique

I have a few spare samples I may lend. I don t exactly remember how many, it s somewhere between 5 and 10. But I m as I m in France I don t know if my help

Message 2 of 10
, May 12, 2011

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I have a few spare samples I may lend. I don't exactly remember how many, it's somewhere between 5 and 10. But I'm as I'm in France I don't know if my help will be useful.
Dom

We need to borrow many, many MTL turnouts for the upcoming National Train Show in July.

Last year, Sanda Kan shut down manufacturing for many model train companies, including some of MTL so they have been out of stock for mega months. At NTS in Sacramento this July, we had hoped to make a long multi-track yard to stage long trains that we could switch out plus also show off the vast majority of Z freight, passsenger and locos, epecially the weathered ones.

Let me know if you have a pair or more that we could borrow. Manual or electric versions. They will not be glued or screwed down so rest assured they will be returned as good as new. Any damaged ones will certainly be replaced. All will be marked on the bottom side to assure their return to the proud parents.

We need to borrow many, many MTL turnouts for the upcoming National Train
Show in July.

Last year, Sanda Kan shut down manufacturing for many model train companies,
including some of MTL so they have been out of stock for mega months. At NTS
in Sacramento this July, we had hoped to make a long multi-track yard to
stage long trains that we could switch out plus also show off the vast
majority of Z freight, passsenger and locos, epecially the weathered ones.

Let me know if you have a pair or more that we could borrow. Manual or
electric versions. They will not be glued or screwed down so rest assured
they will be returned as good as new. Any damaged ones will certainly be
replaced. All will be marked on the bottom side to assure their return to
the proud parents.

It would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff 'Module Man' Merrill
SF Bay Area Z

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*Ouch -- not more than about $7,000/switch on a mileage basis and assuming the number of a few . ...and I thought Challengers were out of my league. [?]

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, May 12, 2011

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*Ouch -- not more than about $7,000/switch on a mileage basis and assuming
the number of a "few". ...and I thought Challengers were out of my league.
[?]

>
>
> Dom, you are a pilot. Fly it over. :D
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: de Champeaux Dominique
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 11:09 AM
> To: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re : [Z_Scale] HELP - Many MTL turnouts needed for July NTS !!!
>
> I have a few spare samples I may lend. I don't exactly remember how many,
> it's somewhere between 5 and 10. But I'm as I'm in France I don't know if
> my
> help will be useful.
> Dom
>
> --- En date de : Jeu 12.5.11, sj_baz_man <sjbazman49@...> a �crit :
>
> De: sj_baz_man <sjbazman49@...>
> Objet: [Z_Scale] HELP - Many MTL turnouts needed for July NTS !!!
> �: z_scale@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Jeudi 12 mai 2011, 8h06
>
> We need to borrow many, many MTL turnouts for the upcoming National Train
> Show in July.
>
> Last year, Sanda Kan shut down manufacturing for many model train
> companies,
> including some of MTL so they have been out of stock for mega months. At
> NTS
> in Sacramento this July, we had hoped to make a long multi-track yard to
> stage long trains that we could switch out plus also show off the vast
> majority of Z freight, passsenger and locos, epecially the weathered ones.
>
> Let me know if you have a pair or more that we could borrow. Manual or
> electric versions. They will not be glued or screwed down so rest assured
> they will be returned as good as new. Any damaged ones will certainly be
> replaced. All will be marked on the bottom side to assure their return to
> the proud parents.
>
> It would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jeff 'Module Man' Merrill
> SF Bay Area Z
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> ------------------------------------
>
>
> Z-scale: minimum siZe, MAXIMUM enjoyment!
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

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*...don a* * **- Northern Ohio, USA*

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de Champeaux Dominique

... It should be with pleasure but unfortunately the airline I m flying for had been dropping the California sector for 8 years.... Dom

Message 5 of 10
, May 12, 2011

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>Dom, you are a pilot. Fly it over.
>
>John

It should be with pleasure but unfortunately the airline I'm flying for had been dropping the California sector for 8 years....
Dom

Loren Snyder

Dom, That is a generous offer, but I m guessing the Z community over here will
come through in time. The West coast has lots of good hearted, talented,
and

Message 6 of 10
, May 12, 2011

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Dom,

That is a generous offer, but I'm guessing the Z community over here will
come through in time. The West coast has lots of good hearted, talented,
and generous Z members.

We need to borrow many, many MTL turnouts for the upcoming National Train Show in July.

Last year, Sanda Kan shut down manufacturing for many model train companies, including some of MTL so they have been out of stock for mega months. At NTS in Sacramento this July, we had hoped to make a long multi-track yard to stage long trains that we could switch out plus also show off the vast majority of Z freight, passsenger and locos, epecially the weathered ones.

Let me know if you have a pair or more that we could borrow. Manual or electric versions. They will not be glued or screwed down so rest assured they will be returned as good as new. Any damaged ones will certainly be replaced. All will be marked on the bottom side to assure their return to the proud parents.

It would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff 'Module Man' Merrill
SF Bay Area Z

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sj_baz_man

Thanks everyone. The Third Time is a Charm they say as this is the 3rd request posted in the past several months. THIS one got the attention of several. Don

Message 10 of 10
, May 14, 2011

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Thanks everyone. The Third Time is a Charm they say as this is the 3rd request posted in the past several months. THIS one got the attention of several. Don Fedjur and I have acquired about $1000 worth of turnouts to build the module. Oooooo so sounds expensive. But, lets just say that wasn't retail price either!!! And it also only covers 2/3 of the 52 turnouts needed.

Several of you have offered significant or very useful quantities. I will get Don a couple of plans that we can then finalize and I'll post. Don will build about 3 module, 2 for the laddering and 1 for the long parallels. He will then professionaly print a grid surface to guide placement and secure all in place.

This should be a sight for all to see.

--- In z_scale@yahoogroups.com, "sj_baz_man" <sjbazman49@...> wrote:
>
> We need to borrow many, many MTL turnouts for the upcoming National Train Show in July.
>
> Last year, Sanda Kan shut down manufacturing for many model train companies, including some of MTL so they have been out of stock for mega months. At NTS in Sacramento this July, we had hoped to make a long multi-track yard to stage long trains that we could switch out plus also show off the vast majority of Z freight, passsenger and locos, epecially the weathered ones.
>
> Let me know if you have a pair or more that we could borrow. Manual or electric versions. They will not be glued or screwed down so rest assured they will be returned as good as new. Any damaged ones will certainly be replaced. All will be marked on the bottom side to assure their return to the proud parents.
>
> It would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Jeff 'Module Man' Merrill
> SF Bay Area Z
>

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